Ciscokits are good

We bought a kit from them and they are pretty good. They also offer an extended warranty.

But your best bet would be to enroll in a good Technical community college where you can practice with their equipment, work in teams, learn from others/or help others. I think you would get more from a class/classmates then by working alone.

But if you can't enroll in a class then I would recommend getting a couple of routers and maybe one switch.

Also, if you need books I recommend this two:Routing Protocols and Concepts by Rick Graziani, Allan Johnson ISBN: 978-1-58713-206-3

and the lab manual:Routing Protocols and Concepts by Allan Johnson ISBN: 978-1-58713-204-9

What Cisco Kit would you get ?

There are different Setups. I need to call my tech school and see what kind of program they have for CCNA. Bad thing is I work night shift so I'm sure none of their schedules will work for me. This is why I was looking at obtaining my own equipment and training myself.

My students loved it (never ratted me out!) and they learned binary. Most of them got it the first time through, but some actually found it easier to understand binary after they learned hexadecimal. Give that a try if you haven't already tried.

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